When his fallen comrade's pregnant wife is marked for death, Ibris Mansa, a soldier turned syndicate boss, steps in to protect her. But the child she carries is being hunted for its rare genetic potential. Ibris must uncover the truth before the child is taken and Atlantis silences them both. This story unfolds on the ancient continent of Atlantis, the one of myth and legend. Long before its fall, the civilization is already decaying from within. Nobles flourish, animal human halfbreeds are cast aside as a slave race, and unchecked technology, paired with an A.I. religion, pushes society toward collapse. At the center of it all stands Ibris, a bull halfbreed. Tall, broad shouldered, and horned, he was engineered to serve Atlantis's elite and chose rebellion instead. Brutal in battle and reckless in his vices, he carries his burdens with raw strength as danger, drink, and desire trail close behind. Now, Ibris fights for all genetically engineered halfbreeds, leading a resistance against those who would keep them enslaved as tools for the powerful. "The Halfbreeds of Atlantis" is a science fantasy novel set in The Third World Universe, created by Sunny Ghauri. It is a prequel to dystopian romance novel "The Sky Gods of Atlantis."

Sky Gods is a dystopian twist on a traditional romance, where love unfolds within a crumbling empire and long-buried, ancient secrets. Atlantis stands on the precipice of chaos. In the floating Capital, a political coup shakes the continent to its core, threatening to unravel what little stability remains. As ancient technology collides with forbidden magic and a powerful A.I. religion tightens its grip, familiar faces and new players emerge to fight for a world on the brink of collapse. Among them is Inanna, a noblewoman who has spent her life in the shadow of her powerful Sumeri family. But when the empire fractures, she is thrust into a storm of danger, deception, and destiny. She finds herself drawn to Ibris Mansa--a towering, charismatic man with the horns of the sacred Atlantean bull, a genetically engineered halfbreed, rebel solider turned Underworld titan. Torn between the weight of her family's legacy and the pull of Ibris, Inanna must make choices that could reshape the world forever. With betrayal at every turn and the empire's fate hanging by a thread, Inanna and Ibris walk a treacherous path of power, passion, and peril. In a land where ancient secrets linger in the ruins and the line between machine and magic blurs, every decision she makes carries the weight of history itself. "The Sky Gods of Atlantis" is a science fantasy novel based in the Third World Universe created by author Sunny Ghauri. It offers a fantastical retelling of the stories of Atlantis. Though a sequel to "The Halfbreeds of Atlantis," it stands alone as a complete novel.

A dystopian mafia romance set in ancient Atlantis, where power is inherited, loyalty is engineered, and love is the most dangerous fire of all. ____ The floating Atlantean Capital teeters on the edge of ruin after a political coup fractures the continent. Ancient technology clashes with outlawed magic. And as the last generation of nobles, rebels, and mystics scramble to shape what comes next, love becomes its own kind of revolution. At the center are Inanna, a noblewoman torn from her gilded past, and Ibris Mansa, a genetically engineered bull halfbreed warrior turned syndicate boss, forged by rebellion and violence. Their relationship is fragile, furious, and fiercely intimate. It unfolds in the ruins of a society that was never built to hold them. She is the daughter of power. He is the bull-horned legend of the Underworld. But in the wreckage of old empires, they may be the future. Around them, other flames bloom and burn, including beloved characters: Kaya and Mazi, Esa and Nora, Yoshua and Bo, Manik and Han'a, and Marcus and Cilantra. Each romance a mirror. Each heartbreak a warning. As the Capital above collapses and a new Atlantis stirs in its wake, Inanna and Ibris must decide if their bond can survive betrayal, rebirth, and the burden of destiny. "Flames of Atlantis" is a sweeping, emotional follow-up to "The Sky Gods of Atlantis," continuing the saga of magic, memory, and forbidden love in the Third World Universe created by author Sunny Ghauri. While part of an ongoing series, it can be read as a standalone novel.

In the desert of Western Kemp, hidden within the towering cliffs, lies the legendary Temple of Akh-Neteru: a place of ancient wisdom and forbidden knowledge. Carved seamlessly into the mountainside, the temple houses the lost secrets of the afterlife, creation, and enlightenment. For centuries, it has remained a myth, a whispered legend among those who traverse the desolate sands. For a small group of initiates, the temple's sacred truths are within reach. Hathor, a celestial falcon halfbreed with a mysterious heritage. Gavriel, a devoted warrior torn by doubt. Oronos, a former acolyte from Atlantis. Nalini, a grieving widow desperate to resurrect her lost husband. Drawn together in pursuit of the ultimate knowledge of life and death, they uncover ancient texts and secrets long buried. In a reimagining of "The Divine Comedy," four souls journey through a metaphysical underworld and higher realms shaped by ancient myths and world religious traditions. As they navigate these realms, they uncover hidden truths about Atlantis, setting the stage for their awakening and the fate of the world. But the temple is not without its dangers. Forces beyond their comprehension are awakening, and as Atlantis teeters on the brink of collapse, they must decide how far they are willing to go for the knowledge they seek. Can the boundaries between life and death be undone, or is there a reason the afterlife must remain untouched? With the fate of Atlantis hanging in the balance, the four initiates must confront their deepest fears, their desires, and their devotion to the Truth. **** "The Guardians of Atlantis" is a science fantasy novella set in the Third World Universe created by author Sunny Ghauri. Though it runs parallel to the events in the novel "The Sky Gods of Atlantis," this story stands on its own as a tale of power, loss, and the eternal struggle between life and death.

In ancient Atlantis, an expansive and diverse continent that spanned the Atlantic Ocean some 14,000 years ago, the world stood on the precipice of change. For the first time in history, a humanoid, sentient android walked among humans. Ashur Napahu was the first of his kind. Designed using code for military super soldiers, Ashur's loving, scientist mother left him to a world not yet ready for a conscious, self-aware machine. Yet when he meets an Atlantean woman carrying a deep secret and dreaming of realizing her own potential, something awakens within him. He experiences love in its purest and most fragile form, navigating a society that sees him as unnatural. But love, like logic, is not immune to contradiction. As the weight of expectation, prejudice, and fate bears down on him, Ashur must confront the limits of his existence... and of those around him. Atlantis may have mastered the engineering of sentient machines, but it has yet to master the wisdom required to coexist with them. Journey into ancient Atlantis--a world where the lines between man and machine blur, and a sentient android dares to ask the most human question of all: What is the meaning of life? ******** This novella was written for the Open Novella Contest 2025, based on Prompt #71: "In a world where artificial beings and humans coexist, one artificial human embarks on a journey to understand love and emotions-only to uncover more than expected."

From the stone spires of the floating Capital to the neon-lit, subterranean Underworld city, this anthology gathers tales of love, power, and destiny across ancient Atlantis. These stories follow the hidden bloodlines and forgotten heroes of Atlantis, including children who defy odds and survive elite cruelty, a scholar who uncovers ancient secrets and struggles with love, a halfbreed who defends his kind, a farmer who simply wants to make an honest living selling flowers, and many more. Each short story opens another door into the vast universe, where myth and science meet, and nothing stays buried for long. If you've read a novel from "The Third World Universe," you'll enjoy "Short Stories of Atlantis," which features characters and moments connected to "The Halfbreeds of Atlantis," "The Sky Gods of Atlantis," and "The Flames of Atlantis." All short stories fall within the science fantasy genre, set in "the Third World Universe" created by author Sunny Ghauri, offering a fantastical retelling of the stories of Atlantis.

The Assassin of Atlantis is a fanfic based on The Assassin of Time by @RedPetal49. Set in the Third World Universe by Sunny Ghauri, it is a science fantasy standalone prequel to The Halfbreeds of Atlantis. --- A time-bending romance of ancient secrets and forbidden truths... Leonor Reid is a brilliant university professor of temporal mechanics at the University of Bayhan City in ancient Atlantis. Sharp-minded, guarded, and known for her work in time-state physics, she has spent her life decoding the past and tracing whispers of lost technology rumored to manipulate time. Meeting a stranger changed everything. Ander de Lara is the captivating man she met at an academic conference. A week of passion, never to be spoken of again, until he reappears a month later as her new research partner on a project around an ancient temple funded by the Atlantean nobility, also known as the sky gods. Ander is charming, disciplined, and far too composed for a man working in academia and excavation sites. What Leonor doesn't know is that he is not just a professor. He is an assassin, embedded in the project under orders to investigate a temple said to house a sentient relic. What neither of them expects is that the temple holds an Enunori, a relic and being of memory and will, capable of traversing timelines, crossing into lost futures, and rewriting destiny itself. As they descend deeper into the Enunori's timestream, the past begins to bleed into the present. Their connection intensifies, echoing across time. But time is not their only enemy. What Ander doesn't know is that Leonor is changing, and she may be the very thing he was sent to destroy. Because something ancient is stirring inside her, and she may be the anomaly that was never meant to exist. To survive, they must break the curse of sky god violence. To love, they must unravel time and challenge the order of all things.

Trapped in a virtual Los Angeles she believes is real, a woman falls for her enigmatic billionaire boss, unaware that their love predates the world she's living in, and may be the key to escaping it. ---- This is a virtual reality twist on a billionaire romance. The year is 2017. Inanna Sumeri is engaged a man she doesn't fully recognize, convinced she's living and working in Los Angeles, California. She works for a tech billionaire whose presence makes her heart race and her body remember something her mind cannot. But nothing about her boss, Ibris Mansa, is normal. Not the way he looks at her like he's known her for centuries. Not the no-strings attached relationship he proposes to keep her close. Not the obsession he can't hide. And not the strange glimmers in the world around them-moments where walls flicker like holograms. She dreams of marble temples and crystal spires. He whispers words that belong to no modern language. Together, they feel like two halves of a story written long before Silicon Valley ever existed. The world they're living in is a lie. But their bond is not.